Đàn bà không biết nuôi heo, đàn bà nhác, đàn ông không biết cột nuộc lạt, đàn ông hư

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A woman who cannot manage household chores and a man who cannot provide are considered useless

Literally: Women who don't know how to raise pigs, women are lazy, men who don't know how to tie ropes, men are corrupt

Examples

Người ta nói đàn bà không biết nuôi heo, đàn bà nhác, đàn ông không biết cột nuộc lạt, đàn ông hư nên tôi phải cố gắng học hỏiPeople say a woman who doesn't know how to raise pigs is lazy and a man who doesn't know how to tie ropes is corrupt, so I have to try to learn

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Headword listed in the vdict.com proverb dictionary index (discovery source; headword only — no source content copied). Entered as candidate 2026-08-05; definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-08; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “Đàn bà không biết nuôi heo, đàn bà nhác, đàn ông không biết cột nuộc lạt, đàn ông hư” mean?

A woman who cannot manage household chores and a man who cannot provide are considered useless Literally: Women who don't know how to raise pigs, women are lazy, men who don't know how to tie ropes, men are corrupt

Is “Đàn bà không biết nuôi heo, đàn bà nhác, đàn ông không biết cột nuộc lạt, đàn ông hư” formal or informal?

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